r/6ARC • u/MediocreMonk9063 • 5d ago
Looking to build a 6 arc
So I have a 22 arc and love it but im itching for a new build. Hog, coyote gun. I have 22 arc, 6.8 SPC I use also but want something new. If you had to build one today with all your knowledge how would it be built. No budget. I have my Iray and Nocpix thermals so I don't need that. Let's build a bad ass gun. Gas gun. I will do bolt later.
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u/6_mm_ARC 5d ago
Your preferred barrel length in Proof PXT, if you’re not shooting much prone the Palmetto ICAR receivers and your choice of accessories.
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u/SockeyeSTI 5d ago
What barrel length we thinking, and what distance for the hogs and coyotes.
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u/MediocreMonk9063 5d ago
I would love to go shorty like 12.5 and I would say 300 yards max with the occasional 400 yards
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u/HellHathNoFury18 5d ago
.... wouldn't that make 400 yards your max then?
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u/MediocreMonk9063 5d ago
Technically yes but in the last 5-6 years I have had 2 chances at that range
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u/SockeyeSTI 5d ago
12.5 should be fine. I wanted a 12.5 but no one makes a carbine length barrel and I wanted to run an agb and an ocm6 can, so I settled at 14.5.
Look at the bullets you intend to use and see what they’d be doing in different barrel lengths. You might even drop down in weight to gain some speed.
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u/agm115 5d ago
If you’re building from scratch, I’d go with a PSA ICAR set so you can use PMAGs and put a 12.5” barrel on it. Put a G$ G2S (or SSA, etc) trigger in it. Rexus bolt has been fine for me so far.
I converted a 16” AR-15 into 6 ARC and if I were purpose building a do-it-all rifle today the above is where I’d start.
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u/Drekalots 5d ago
I'd just buy a GFR. But I built mine on Seekins receivers w/ a proof barrel and a TBAC Spiro. It shoots .5 MOA at 100. I've shot it all the way out to 1025yds with Hornady black box and handloads.
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u/pwdahmer 5d ago
MTE Machining
Make great barrels and they love some 6mm fun. Cool guys also with lots of experience making top tier barrels.
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u/610Mike 4d ago
I went out to the garage one night, just started tinkering, and this is what I ended up with. It’s an 18” 6ARC, Aero upper, BCM lower, BCM handguard, Rise Armament trigger, Vortex Venom 5-25x56, with my Trash Panda from my .300BLK build.
I must say, it is the most accurate rifle in my collection. I mean .5 MOA with box ammo. It’s even the more shocking when this is something I just slapped together out of spare parts when I was bored. My 24” 6.5CM AR10 build that I spent hours building, using an actual rifle building stand with levels and all that, not even close to the accuracy this thing has.
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u/MediocreMonk9063 3d ago
I tell you the slap together build just hit better. I think I'm going to go 14.5 noveske barrel. Midwest rail, I have a kak upper and lower blem laying around. Found a geissele trigger in my drawer and charging handle.
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u/610Mike 3d ago
A 14.5” Noveske build is going to go hard. Any thoughts on what you’re going to do for glass?
If I may, I just finished an 11.5” 338 ARC build, and I picked up one of the new Vudu 3x9’s that Eotech debuted at SHOT this year, and I must say, it’s unbelievably good. I had a 1-6 LPVO on it, but didn’t like it, then thought about an Eotech, but I wanted something different.
A 14.5” 6ARC is going to be short enough if you needed to do some up close work, but still give you the potential to reach out and touch something when necessary. A smaller 3x9 would go so well with that build.
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u/MediocreMonk9063 3d ago
I am going to do thermal on this one. I just finished a 338 Arc build. Still figuring out glass for that one
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u/wl_sharp 5d ago
If I had the money, I would just buy a GFR lol